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1、用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASmart Kids Festival EventsSmart Kids is a collection of one hundred events scheduled in October. This year, it is experimenting with Pay What You Decide （PWYD）. That

2、is, you can decide to pay what you want to or can afford, after you have attended an event. You can pre-book events without paying for a ticket in advance. Here are some of the directors picks.Walk on the Wild SideNot ticketed, FreeJoin storyteller Sarah Law to hear science stories about animals. Al

3、ong the way youll meet all sorts of beautiful creatures and discover life cycles and food chains. Best suited to children aged 5-9. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.Introduction to WavesPre-book, PWYDSubjects range from sound waves to gravity waves, and from waves of light to crashin

4、g waves on the ocean. Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world.Science in the FieldThis storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering first-hand data on various field trips. Come along for inspiring and informativ

5、e stories straight from the scientists mouth. Join Mark Samuels to find out more in this fun-filled workshop.Festival DinnerPre-book, 25 per personWhether you want to explore more about food, or just fancy a talk over a meal, join us to mark the first science festival in London. Which foods should y

6、ou eat to trick your brain into thinking that you are full? Find out more from Tom Crawford.1. In which event can you decide the payment?A. Walk on the Wild SideB. Introduction to WavesC. Science in the FieldD. Festival Dinner2. Who will talk about experiences of collecting direct data?A. Sarah Law.

7、B. Mike Goldsmith.C. Mark Samuels.D. Tom Crawford.3. What do the four events have in common?A. Family-based.B. Science-themed.C. Picked by children.D. Filled with adventures.BAlmost none of us have the time to read everything wed like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bri

8、ng us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection?Founded in 2012, iReader, a micro-learning app on mobile phones, brings the biggest ideas from best-selling books throu

9、gh 15-minute audio （音频） and text. So far, more than 3,000 books have been included, ranging from psychology and parenting to management and economics, with new titles added every day.Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to t

10、he Pew Research Center （PRC）, the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% havent read a single paper book this year, but reading isnt dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of e-books and audio books.The books in iReader are rew

11、ritten to ensure it is easy to remember the main content. The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice. Besides, the content is rewritten with relevant examples in real life, which means users are more likely to remember and apply what is helpful to

12、 them.Holger Seim, German co-founder of this app, declares, “iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.”4. What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time? Read and think.B

13、. Write and share.C. Avoid taking buses.D. Bring joy to daily routines.5. What can we infer from the PRC findings?A. The British benefit a lot from reading.B. Reading methods are more important than before.C Digital technology are taking the place of paper books.D. New forms of books are changing th

14、e way the British read.6. How does iReader make the content easy to remember?A. By bringing fun to it.B. By making it useful.C. By using artistic designs.D. By taking users as examples.7. What is the best title for the text?A. iReader Prevents Reading from DyingB. iReader Unites Worldwide Book-lover

15、sC. iReader: The Best New App CreationD iReader: Big Ideas in Small PackagesI visited Elba last June, joining Mary and John on a bicycling vacation. They made the arrangements for the car, hotel and bicycles. I studied the history of the island, which of course particularly features Napoleon.Napoleo

16、n （now I know） picked Elba as a place for peace when he was forced to give up the throne （王权） as Emperor of France in 1814. Far from being a prison island, Elba is beautiful with towering mountains, thick forests and sweeping bays and beaches.It is also an island filled with treasure. Very early on

17、this island, locals discovered rich deposits of iron. Soon outsiders, too, discovered the iron and 150 other valuable minerals on this little piece of land. Long before Etruscans and other Greeks set foot on it, Dorians had moved in by the tenth century B. C. and were mining the island. The Romans r

18、uled next, obtaining the minerals and building grand houses overlooking the sea. From the twelfth century until the nineteenth, the island was traded back and forth and was passed to France in 1802. Then came Napoleon, the new ruler of Elba.I was eager to visit his house in Portoferraio. The Emperor

19、 lived with his court and his mother, but his wife, Marie Louise had ensconced herself in the splendid Viennese palace of her father, Emperor of Austria. She lived safely there and showed little interest in visiting her husband in his mini-kingdom. Apparently, Napoleon wasnt troubled much by this. H

20、e was too busy riding everywhere on horseback, building roads, modernizing agriculture and, above all, sharpening his tiny army and navy into readiness for his escape.In the formal gardens behind the house it seemed to me that I could imagine the exiled （流放的） conquerors anxious thoughts. He might ga

21、ze over where I stood now, toward the lighthouse of the Stella fort, the sandy bay, and across it, the green mountains of the Tuscan coast. Napoleon spent only ten months here before making his victorious return to France and the throne.8. What did the author do for the visit to Elba?A. He did resea

22、rch on its past.B. He arranged transportation.C. He planned bicycling routes.D. He booked accommodation.9. Who might be the earliest outsiders to Elba according to the text?A. Napoleon and his army. B. Etruscans and other Greeks.C. Dorians. D. Romans.10. What does the underlined word “ensconced” pro

23、bably mean?A. Settled. B. Locked.C. Cured. D. Controlled.11. What came to the authors mind during his visit to Napoleons gardens?A. Beautiful views on Elba.B. Terrible living conditions on Elba.C. Napoleons ambition to regain power.D. Hardship of Napoleons return to France.An international team of r

24、esearchers from the University of Oxford have found that the way people use the Internet is closely tied to the seasonal movements in the natural world. Their online species searches follow the patterns of seasonal animal migrations （迁徙）.Migratory birds （候鸟） flood back to where they reproduce every

25、spring. That migratory behavior is accompanied by some human behavior. “In English-language Wikipedia （维基百科）, the online searches for migratory species tend to increase in spring when those birds arrive in the United States,”said the lead author John Mittermeier.And not just birds. Mittermeier and h

26、is team surveyed nearly 2.5 billion Wikipedia search records, for 32,000 species, across 245 languages. They also saw variable search rates for insects, horsetails and flowering plants. Seasonal trends seemed to be widespread in Wikipedia behavior for many species of plants and animals.This findings

27、uggests new ways to monitor changes in the worlds biological diversity. It also shows new ways to see how much people care about nature, and which species and areas might be the most effective targets for conservation.Mittermeier is encouraged by the search results. He commented, “I think theres a c

28、oncern among conservationists （生态环境保护者） that people are losing touch with the natural world and that theyre not interacting with native species anymore. And so in that sense, it was really exciting and quite unexpected for me to see peoples Wikipedia interest closely related to changes in nature.”Ri

29、chard Grenyer, Associate Professor from the University of Oxford, says search data is useful to conservation biologists, “By using these big data approaches, we can direct our attention towards the difficult questions in modern conservation: which species and areas are changing, and where are the pe

30、ople who care the most and can do the most to help.”12. What have researchers found about species searches?A. They strengthen ties among people.B. They affect the animal movements.C. They differ in language backgrounds.D. They reflect animal migration seasons.13. What is the purpose of writing Parag

31、raph 3?A. To summarize the research process.B. To further support the research findings.C. To show the variety of species searches.D. To present researchers heavy work load.14. How does Mittermeier feel about the search results?A. Satisfied with Wikipedias service.B. Worried about Wikipedia behavior.C. Amazed at peoples care about nature.D. Sad about peoples not getting close to nature.15. Why does Richard think such search data is useful?A. It helps to aim